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and that was thrown out in court as unconstitutional. but it was a year and a half later with all of those registrations not having been done. but then what they did, they constricted the number of early voting places, constricted the number of early voting days, constricted the number of early voting hours. and what do you think was the result? it's what you've seen on tv. the long, long lines. i want to read to you the passage from the "miami herald" november 6. quote -- "when the polls officially closed at 7:00 p.m. hundreds of people were waiting to cast ballots at precincts around florida in an election that was marked by long lines and the occasional snafu. even after the networks called the race for the president, people in south florida remained in line, from hialeh, to country walk and to brickel, people waited as long as seven hours to vote. in broward county voting at some presinks came to a halt when the ballots ran out. this is the result of the voting suppression by lessening the number of early-voting days. and when this s
and that was thrown out in court as unconstitutional. but it was a year and a half later with all of those registrations not having been done. but then what they did, they constricted the number of early voting places, constricted the number of early voting days, constricted the number of early voting hours. and what do you think was the result? it's what you've seen on tv. the long, long lines. i want to read to you the passage from the "miami herald" november 6. quote -- "when...
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president obama said he has seen no evidence of that and attorney general holder at the press conference discussing bp and our own in vv to report indicates that classified information on ms. brodwell's computer was old and predated to petraeus's time at the cia. >> and before we let you go, give us a sense of where this investigation goes from here. we are seeing headlines this morning about hillary clinton to testify before congress about the benghazi attacks. where does that go? >> it's going to be a busy fall. the secretary of state months ago initiated a special accountability review board which is a special board that is i think legally mandated in cases like the attack on the u.s. consulate that board is doing its work and should finish up some time later this fall. so, i don't know if all or most of that report will be made public but once that board finishes its work, secretary clinton has indicated that she will testify hopefully in public and we will learn more from the state department perspective. >> warren strobel thanks for joining us. stackhouse wrapped up the intelligenc
president obama said he has seen no evidence of that and attorney general holder at the press conference discussing bp and our own in vv to report indicates that classified information on ms. brodwell's computer was old and predated to petraeus's time at the cia. >> and before we let you go, give us a sense of where this investigation goes from here. we are seeing headlines this morning about hillary clinton to testify before congress about the benghazi attacks. where does that go?...
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and i don't asking myself the question, what court did they go to for that subpoena. i don't remember the source of that. i just, in my glory night trip around the internet i recall picking that up. it's worth asking the question that i appreciate you asking but i don't know the answer. >> i don't know the answer to that but i know i was struck, forcing their members, i've been struck by the lack of willingness of this administration, just them or previous administrations to share information with those of us that are supposed to make critical foreign policy decisions and the budget process. very unwilling, and certainly this is another case of the. but i was struck as well that, you need to tell me the head of the cia uses gmail? [inaudible] >> to communicate? it just struck me that i'm very concerned about the. and, obviously, there will be some areas into this but i see this coming, and apparently he has agreed to testify, as he should, like everybody involved should be testifying in his and provide as much openness as possible. i look forward to the committee taki
and i don't asking myself the question, what court did they go to for that subpoena. i don't remember the source of that. i just, in my glory night trip around the internet i recall picking that up. it's worth asking the question that i appreciate you asking but i don't know the answer. >> i don't know the answer to that but i know i was struck, forcing their members, i've been struck by the lack of willingness of this administration, just them or previous administrations to share...
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i remember calling a guy before a court for governor romney i worked for john boehner than in the majority's office and i called our digital guy and i said tell me about twitter how it is used and what is going to work. he said you don't need to know that. it's not a big thing. and here we are now i notice in this campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom-up through twitter. when i was on the plane we would do it different, jen on air force one and i was doing it on what we called here force one. [laughter] i would play gaffle for 15 or 20 minutes and by that time i would come back from the plane and i would see on twitter that it already made news. >> when using people you mean reporters. [laughter] >> that was on the free to be you and me reporters and people. but this was kind of backstage conversation you were watching played out on twitter but it was more important for you with the journalists using. >> it became an incredible news aggregative you could see what journalist you were covering from the outlets that are more left-leaning and see what they were saying and fo
i remember calling a guy before a court for governor romney i worked for john boehner than in the majority's office and i called our digital guy and i said tell me about twitter how it is used and what is going to work. he said you don't need to know that. it's not a big thing. and here we are now i notice in this campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom-up through twitter. when i was on the plane we would do it different, jen on air force one and i was doing it on what we...
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the courts are split on this and we think it would be terrific if the supreme court takes this case and resolve it because that's what they're supposed to do. our bureau of economics estimates that if, that if woe, if these deals are restricted, it will save american businesses 3 1/2 billion dollars a year in health care costs and it will save the federal government according to cbo about $5 billion over 10 years because they, because the federal government buys a lot of drugs. i don't know if he is in the audience today, dan vassella is one of the people participating. novartis is terrific company. they haven't done these type of deals. most pharmaceutical companies don't and they're actually at a competitive disadvantage. one of the things you might think about. one. few ways actually, when we hopefully pull ourselves back from the fiscal precipice we're going to do it. mostly by cutting benefits and raising revenues. this is one of the few areas where you don't have to do either. all you have to do is stop, you know, this win-win practice for a few pharmaceutical companies which is l
the courts are split on this and we think it would be terrific if the supreme court takes this case and resolve it because that's what they're supposed to do. our bureau of economics estimates that if, that if woe, if these deals are restricted, it will save american businesses 3 1/2 billion dollars a year in health care costs and it will save the federal government according to cbo about $5 billion over 10 years because they, because the federal government buys a lot of drugs. i don't know if...
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years to get to that make up you have to deal with. >> there has been some change there, and speaker boehner has put up with you all that branch and signified he is willing to talk. that's what negotiations are about. i just look out the clinton, bush tax cut issue and where you put the rates as a major part of the solution when you look at the amount of money you could bring in and you add that into some of the deductions we're talking about, but that is a big chunk of change. >> and in a press conference he just did, the president seemed to -- >> one of my colleagues from where this enemies i missed it, they did pass their blackberry over commission to show show me that since. so, you know, clearly is showing flexibility which i think is important. clear the republicans in the house have to, to. >> this will be a congress where you think by the end of this year hopefully sort out the fiscal cliff. are you confident of that? >> i think will have to sort it out part of it and sorted under clinton afford. i do think every key will be crossed and every eye will be guided by the something's we
years to get to that make up you have to deal with. >> there has been some change there, and speaker boehner has put up with you all that branch and signified he is willing to talk. that's what negotiations are about. i just look out the clinton, bush tax cut issue and where you put the rates as a major part of the solution when you look at the amount of money you could bring in and you add that into some of the deductions we're talking about, but that is a big chunk of change. >>...
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i think boehner has been very clear. i think revenues are on the table. they are at the moment drawing a line on tax rates, but we will see where that goes. the last time, you are right, didn't work and we were not facing quite the same set of circumstances we are facing today so i'm cautiously optimistic although i will offer to say lastly that people sometimes say okay, it looks like simpson-bowles, everything in between zero and $4 trillion we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may be less than i would like and maybe less than all of you would like but at least something. i'm hoping it is more over here but i don't know. >> and steve, so we are gathered here to talk about u.s. global competitiveness. how important is resolving these issues to the american position on the global economy? >> first of all i think it's important not just our position in the global comment about our position in the world. admiral mullen who was the previous chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said our greatest national security threat was our fiscal position and
i think boehner has been very clear. i think revenues are on the table. they are at the moment drawing a line on tax rates, but we will see where that goes. the last time, you are right, didn't work and we were not facing quite the same set of circumstances we are facing today so i'm cautiously optimistic although i will offer to say lastly that people sometimes say okay, it looks like simpson-bowles, everything in between zero and $4 trillion we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may...
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press in the united states. i think it is important that if you're own views continue after you get there that you find ways to present the positive so that it's not such a concentration in our media that will continue because it's going to be a government that will continue to have corruption and an afghan military that is going to continue to have shortfalls particularly the enablers but also in terms of people who would turn on their own and turn on us. it's printed continue hopefully have a significantly reduced level but there will be those examples, so i hope that you would be aware of what is presented to our public. i don't want anything shaped. i don't want to try to -- i'm not suggesting believe me to anybody that you try to engage in propaganda because that is and what we are looking for. we are looking for just a balanced presentation of the pluses and minuses that exist and i just don't think it's inaccurate from what i've seen with my own eyes in terms of a balanced media presentation of the situat
press in the united states. i think it is important that if you're own views continue after you get there that you find ways to present the positive so that it's not such a concentration in our media that will continue because it's going to be a government that will continue to have corruption and an afghan military that is going to continue to have shortfalls particularly the enablers but also in terms of people who would turn on their own and turn on us. it's printed continue hopefully have a...